• Entering Adjusting Entries from Accountant in General Journal - Help

    I got a list of adjusting entries from the accountant and one of the adjusting entries is "Accounts Payable" which is a linked account so it doesn't show up when I enter the account number in the general journal. Not sure what the proper way to enter…
  • LOC set up wrong

    The bookkeeper before me has the line of credit account set up as a cash account. So I am unable to record payments on it and account for it correctly. Sage will not let me simply change the account type to a liability. It is only giving me asset options…
  • Needing to correct an error made in previous year after entering 2 months of data in our new year

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    We have completed our year end, moved our systems forward, entered about 2 1/2 months of data into our new year. After this we found we had an error at the end of our previous year that has to be corrected. We went back and corrected the error in the…
  • Cannot enter inventory adjustments. Help please?

    Using sage 50 premium accounting. I recently started at a place that has their inventory listed in sage. It is our year end now, and I can't make inventory adjustments to actual because: When their inventory items were originally entered, they entered…
  • Sage 50 CA Premium -- error in how Sage 50 calculates balances re home currency vs foreign (USD) currency?

    We have a USD account for Paypal. We enter the relevant date and exchange rate in the list used for that purpose (under Settings / Company / Currency). For example, at 30 Dec 2016, the Bank of Canada rate is C$1.3427 = USD$1.00, and in the FX list, we…
  • Exchange gain/loss - revenue vs expense and GST/HST filing "sales and other revenue" line 101

    Should we actually be using 2 different accounts for exchange gain vs exchange loss? It doesn't matter for the bottom line, net income will end up the same either way: Hmm... seems you can only configure one for the program to use automatically for adjustments…
  • Repayment of EMployee benefit

    Hi We had an employee go on maternity leave, for just under a year. We continued to pay her medical insurance. There were no weekly entiries made, as it normally came off her check . Now that she is back, i need to figure out how to enter her payments…
  • How do you manually zero out or adjust CAD balance in USD account ?

    Similar too this post - it seems Sage does an automatic transaction if it finds a 0 balance at year end because it is quite obvious that if an account has $0 US funds in it, it must equate to $0 CA funds... https://sagecity.na.sage.com/support_communities…
  • How do I correct a wrongfully posted exchange rate?

    I have an issue with a previously filed tax year where the US exchange rate was posted extremely wrong ($537.61USD = $3016.97CAD). Since it was not corrected when the filing was done, how do I now correct it? I am assuming I need to make an adjustment…
  • cheque replacement

    Hi, I paid 2 invoices with 1 cheque. One of the invoices on the cheque was cancelled by the vendor and the vendor returned my cheque to me. I reversed both invoices by creating negative invoices with the same invoice number/ same info/same accounts…
  • Payroll was entered manual and now entering in module -- Different amounts

    Taking over a client who entered payroll in GJ from the online CRA payroll calculator. The journal entries have wrong calculations (for income tax) and one employee was CPP maxed but she continued to post/deduct. When I am re-entering the information…
  • write off receivables in Sage 50 CA

    Help, Here is our situation: An old sale invoice became uncollectable, our accountant made a year end adjusting journal: 1xxx: Allowance for doubtful accts: CR 10,000; 5xxx: Bad Debt Expense DR: 10,000; But, this invoice is still in our system…
  • Voiding an Invoice

    Hi everyone. I was hoping someone could help me or guide me on this situation. I have a customer who signed a contract and gave a deposit in 2015, however, same customer decided to cancel the job when we were ready to start this year. My question is…
  • Historical Inventory - Help!

    On April 1, we set up historical data for our inventory products. Several of these inventory accounts used serialization. Switched to go live, and then when trying to process a sale, the items associated with serialization would freeze the system. After…
  • Adjusting Entries in General Journal that relate to A/P and A/R from Prior Year

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    I need to enter year end adjusting entries from 2014 YE before I do my 2015 YE. When my accountant gave me the 2013 adjusting entries, I guess some were not made. So the 2014 adjusting entries contain some that are "to record prior year JE#..." The…
  • Vehicle for sale

    Recently our company has started selling vehicles. I need to set up each vehicle as a cost object (I say cost object because I have considered doing and inventory item or perhaps a project) that needs to have the ability to have costs added to it such…
  • Year End ADJ Entries to Accounts Receivable / Meals ???

    Hi, I am entering the Year End Adjusting Entries from the Accountant. I am almost done. I have one problem left though. My A/R is out by $0.09 interestingly, so is my Meals Expense account. If I could Dr. the A/R and Cr. the Meals everything should…
  • WCB rate change

    WCB rate got changed during the year. The WCB payable account now shows $21 more then actual liability, which I've calculated based on the current rate. Did not realize it until now when verified it with WCB. How can I adjust the WCB payable account to…
  • Inventory and Project Help

    Hi I have 2 issues I am trying to figure out and would value any assistance 1. Inventory raw material We buy sheet metal by the plate size and sell by the sq ft but often the cost of the same material thickness will vary by the size and quantity…
  • Vacation Percentage Correction

    When I set up a casual employee in payroll, I forgot to put the percentage amount in for their vacation pay. We then owed them vacation for two pay periods so, on the next pay period, I entered the correct percentage in the settings and changed them from…
  • Customer product return (RMA) with restocking fee

    Hi Everyone, I recently had to take products back from one of my customers. A credit note was issued for the amount the customer paid minus a restocking fee. EX: Products Cost: $100.00ea Products Sold: $120.00ea Credit note issued upon…
  • Made an error deducting union dues...

    Hi all, Just finished submitting my payroll info for direct deposit, and noticed an error when doing my reports. I deducted too much for union dues from one employee. I contacted the union, and they said to forward them the correct amount, and make…
  • posted to the wrong account how to fix?

    We have a company that we buy lab supplies and also have a service contract. Since it's the same company, I have to remember to change the account when I post the Service Contract which I forgot twice. One is posted in the previous year (15/01/2015…
  • Year End Adjustments - Corrections to A/P or A/R

    My accountant has requested a series of Adjusting Journal Entries, including adjustments to Payable and Receivable Accounts: Here is a sample: 31/12/14 Accounts Receivable XYZ Inc - Account No. 1205 - Debit - 7592.20 31/12/14 Accounts Payable -…
  • Entering in Accountants Year End Adjusting Journal Entries

    I have a list of the Accountants Adjusting Journal Entries. Is there a batch method to enter in adjusting entries or do I have to go into each account./module and enter a new entry as the adjustment.